This book provides an interdisciplinary framework for school intervention into child and
adolescent maltreatment highlighting the unique potential for schools to identify and mitigate
the long-term impacts of childhood trauma on children's educational well-being. Contributors
evaluate recent efforts to incorporate trauma-informed approaches into schools including
strategic planning by administrators staff training prevention programming liaising with
local youth service agencies and trauma-sensitive intervention with affected students.Among
the topics discussed:-The developmental impact of trauma-The role of schools and teachers in
supporting student mental health-Prevention programming to prevent child and adolescent sexual
abuse-Education policies to support students with traumatic histories-Responding to childhood
trauma at both macro and microsystem levelsTrauma-Informed Schools: Integrating Child
Maltreatment Prevention Detection and Intervention is a valuable resource for child
maltreatment researchers educational and school psychologists school social workers students
in early childhood and K-12 education and education policy makers at all levels of government.
It offers the necessary guidelines and insights to facilitate better learning for students who
have experienced trauma aiming to improve student well-being both inside and outside the
classroom.
